Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides
Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 13. 1923.
Petiole 13–55 cm; scales light-brown or brown, lanceolate, 6–9 × 2 mm, ± crisped. Blade ovatelanceolate to lanceolate, 2-pinnate-pinnatifid, (18–) 25–60 × (5–) 10–30 cm, slightly narrowed proximally, broadest just above base to just below middle, apex acuminate or ± caudate. Pinnae usually stalked, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, base truncate, apex acuminate. Pinnules oblong-lanceolate to narrowly deltate, base unequally cuneate, apex ± acute. Rachis, costae, and costules glabrous or with scales or pale glands. Sori elongate, straight or hooked at distal end or horseshoe-shaped; sporangial stalks with glandular-hairs; indusia ciliate, hairs glandular or nonglandular and ± as long as indusial width. Spores brown or dark-brown. 2n = 80.
Habitat: Moist woods, thickets, swamps
Elevation: 10–2000 m
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
Selected References
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